Posted on Jul 30, 2022
Spokane's embrace of missing middle housing sets up competition with Seattle
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The city of Spokane has a housing shortage. That’s why this summer, the city council there unanimously passed a temporary ordinance allowing missing middle housing across the city.
That means duplexes, triplexes and quads are legal wherever you can build a single-family home.
Here's how it happened, and what it means for Seattle.
That means duplexes, triplexes and quads are legal wherever you can build a single-family home.
Here's how it happened, and what it means for Seattle.
Spokane's embrace of missing middle housing sets up competition with Seattle
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Seattle has an engagement hub – basically, a public comment section where people can weigh in on this process.
Loe wants people to use that opportunity to push Seattle to think bigger than it is now.
And it's working. That public comment section is filling up with big ideas, like:
Barcelona-style superblocks. (Imagine an entire block with rowhouses or townhomes around the perimeter and a shared, park-like courtyard space in the center.)
15-minute cities (where everything you need is a 15-minute bus ride, walk or bike ride from your home).
Social housing everywhere (Rather than relying only on nonprofits to build affordable housing, a city-run agency would join the effort. You may have heard about this lately, because it's also the topic of a ballot initiative effort.)
It’s like an urbanist candy store."...
..."Seattle has an engagement hub – basically, a public comment section where people can weigh in on this process.
Loe wants people to use that opportunity to push Seattle to think bigger than it is now.
And it's working. That public comment section is filling up with big ideas, like:
Barcelona-style superblocks. (Imagine an entire block with rowhouses or townhomes around the perimeter and a shared, park-like courtyard space in the center.)
15-minute cities (where everything you need is a 15-minute bus ride, walk or bike ride from your home).
Social housing everywhere (Rather than relying only on nonprofits to build affordable housing, a city-run agency would join the effort. You may have heard about this lately, because it's also the topic of a ballot initiative effort.)
It’s like an urbanist candy store."...
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